1. General education reform

2. Gen Ed Reform The revised General Education program launches Fall 2018
This year we have to: 1) Build First Year Experience courses
2) Review all Distributive courses

3. Gen Ed Reform Approved by CAPC 12/15/16 Four Significant Parts
First‐year course, with shared content
Electronic Portfolios
Certificate pathways utilizing Gen Ed distributive requirements
Universal implementation of capstone courses and culminating reflective synthesis of GE and major/minor programs
Proposal is on the CAPC Webpage

4. REVISED General education PROGRAM
NOW WITH ELECTRONIC PORTFOLIOS FOR INTEGRATIVE LEARNING!

5. First Year experience Focus Areas
FYE – Integrative Health
FYE –
STEM
FYE –
Business
FYE –
Social Sciences
West Chester University
FYE –
Culture and Communications
FYE – Humanities
FYE –
Arts
FYE –
Education

6. Development of First-Year Courses
Common Core
Focus Areas
First Year Courses
Integrative Health
STEM
Social Sciences
Humanities
Arts
Business
Education
Culture & Communication
Define components of common core
Develop FY common core SLOs
Develop FY common core content
Develop common core assessment plan
8 Focus Area teams
Develop FY focus area course SLOs
Develop FY focus area common content
Develop common content assessment plan
Individual team members develop recitation section content with their department

7. Sample FYE course
Common content
Metadisciplinary content

8. CERtificate pathways The Toolkit and Global Engagement
Each of these is a 12-credit undergrad certificate, the attribute overlays the course based on learning outcomes
The Toolkit and
General Education
Civic discourse
Diverse communities
Writing emphasis
Global awareness
Co-curricular transcript
Digital Literacy
(DL)
Social Justice (SJ)
Community Engagement (CE)
Sustainability
(S)

9. Overlay of Certificates to FYE Course
First-year courses (and other courses) get the designation, such as Social Justice (SJ), based on learning outcomes
FYE – Integrative Health
(SJ, CE)
FYE –
STEM
(S, GE)
FYE –
Social Sciences
(GE, SJ)
FYE –
Business
(GE, S)
West Chester University
FYE – Humanities
(SJ, GE)
FYE –
Culture and Communications
(GE, DL)
FYE –
Arts
(CE, DL)
FYE –
Education
(DL, CE)

10. CERtificate pathways
Arts distributive
Interdisciplinary course
Science distributive
All courses in a pathway address the goals of that pathway, but from different perspectives
FYE
Humanities distributive
Diverse Communities course
Behavioral/Social Science distributive
The President’s Toolkit &
General Education
Civic discourse
Diverse communities
Writing emphasis
Global awareness
Co-curricular transcript

11. Planning for this year
Review and approval of Gen Ed distributive courses
Required information is on CAPC Gen Ed page
Courses must address goals 1-2; 3-6 apply to distributive areas
Identify SLOs and how they are measured
FYE courses
Development of meta-disciplinary, team-taught sections
Large lecture format with small break-out sections
Certificate pathways

12. Planning for the next years
Review and approval of other Gen Ed components
Capstones with capstone assignments
I, J, & W courses
Academic foundation courses
Certificate pathways
Electronic portfolios

13. Role of CAPC members in process
Liaisons to constituents
Gen Ed distributive courses
Feedback on FYE courses
Capstones & Electronic portfolios